1 data center project in Unincorporated Baltimore County
Who decides here: the Baltimore County Council or Commissioners decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Baltimore County
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
The county council voted unanimously to extend the data center pause through Dec. 31, 2027 (Bill 79-26). No permits, development plans or zoning requests for data centers can be approved until then while the council weighs the planning board's advice.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
The county council voted unanimously to pause data center permits (Bill 3-26). The pause was set to end by about January 2027. The planning board had to study data centers and send advice by Oct. 1, 2026. A 42-acre data center had been floated for the former Social Security site in Woodlawn.
📜 Data center rules
On the same day it paused data center permits, the county council repealed the data center rules it had passed in August 2024.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Baltimore County. - Go to county meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Maryland.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Who would use the data center?
- How much water would it use?
- Will the developer file development plans after the moratorium ends?